But he said of 2015/16: “Inevitably something will fall off the table. We would like to see these sort of crime prevention initiatives carry on in the future.”

District and county councillor Kieron Mallon said: “Community safety partnerships across the whole of the Thames Valley have been proved invaluable in reducing crime and helping the police forces to reach targets.

“We would say for a small part of the budget, to enable this partnership to continue, you increase it ten fold on the results you get back to hit your targets.”

Concerns were raised at a meeting of Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel in Bodicote, which was looking at police priorities to 2017.